Peritraumatic tonic immobility is associated with PTSD symptom severity in Brazilian police officers: A prospective study

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-54

  Maia, Deborah Bezerra ^a   Nóbrega, Augusta ^b   Marques Portella, Carla ^a   Mendlowicz, Mauro V ^c   Volchan, Eliane ^a   Coutinho, Evandro S ^d   Figueira, Ivan ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Núcleo de Pesquisa da Faculdade da Policia Militar FPM do Estado de Goiás   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Peritraumatic reactions; Police; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PANIC; PERITRAUMATIC DISSOCIATIVE EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; PERITRAUMATIC REACTION; PERITRAUMATIC TONIC IMMOBILITY; PHYSICAL REACTIONS SUBSCALE; POLICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST CIVILIAN SCORE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TONIC IMMOBILITY; TONIC IMMOBILITY SCALE; TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT; BRAZIL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; BRAZIL; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PANIC DISORDER; POLICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941966211     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2013-1267     Document Type: Article

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